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reflect | lect |

As a verb reflect

is to bend back (light, etc) from a surface.

As a noun lect is

(linguistics|sociolinguistics) a specific form of a language or : a language or a dialect.

reflect

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
    • A mirror reflects the light that shines on it.
  • To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
    • The moonlight reflected from the surface of water.
  • To mirror, or show the image of something.
    • The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.
  • To be mirrored.
    • His image reflected from the shop window as he walked past.
  • To agree with; to closely follow.
    • Entries in English dictionaries aim to reflect common usage.
  • To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
    • The team's victory reflects the Captain's abilities.
    The teacher's ability reflects well on the school.
  • *
    • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
  • (senseid) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
    • People do that sort of thing every day, without ever stopping to reflect on the consequences.
  • * 1985 , , Option Lock , page 229:
    • Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.

    Synonyms

    * See also
    Derived terms
    * reflective * reflexion * unreflective * nonreflective * reflectorize

    lect

    English

    (wikipedia lect)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics, sociolinguistics) A specific form of a language or : a language or a dialect.
  • * 1980 , Frederick B. Agard, The Genealogy of the French Language'', published in ''Contributions to historical linguistics (ISBN 90-04-06130-4), page 222:
    • These, together with (some) Romansh lects', belong to our West Rhaetian; the /?/ also supported by two '''lects''' from the Ticino which by our criteria are NWIt, and by the partially umlauting '''lects''' of Lombardy which together with (some) Engadine ' lects belong to our East Rhaetian.

    Usage notes

    The term is used when it is not possible or preferable to decide whether something is a distinct language or only a dialect of a language.

    Synonyms

    * variety

    Derived terms

    * lectal